Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
Posted on: January 2nd, 2012
In Print → From the PaperAs we get older, nostalgia takes over many areas of our life and we often yearn for things from the past.
Posted on: December 23rd, 2011
Sections → Features → Features On The Jewish WorldTo explain to my children what Chanukah was like for me as a young girl, I find I am just as inclined to recount what it wasn’t as I am to describe what it was.
Listen To The Flames: As Told To Rayzel Reich By Her Grandmother, Mrs. Jenna Reich
Posted on: December 23rd, 2011
In Print → From the PaperMiss Ida is our beloved teacher. Her brown hair is piled softly on her head. Her dress is of course old and worn, and she must not be very young, but to us, she is beautiful. She is not religious, but she is always kind, and she is always fair. We sit in class, all [...]
Part II: College – I Don’t Think So!
Posted on: December 23rd, 2011
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriSuddenly and abruptly, everything I had always known about myself no longer applied. There would be no long yeshiva career, Kollel or the like. At that point I really had no identity. I didn’t know who I was or what it was that I was going to do.
Gloria Schreiber: Working Below The Radar
Posted on: December 22nd, 2011
In Print → From the PaperAs the members of the I.D.F. lined up for the daily flag raising ceremony held on the Tel Hashomer Army Base outside of Tel Aviv, Gloria Schreiber approached the flagpole with a mixture of pride and awe.
Posted on: December 22nd, 2011
In Print → From the PaperIt was a lovely Sunday afternoon in the park when I bumped into a friend whom I hadn’t seen in a long time. After the obligatory pleasantries were exchanged, she tentatively asked me if something was wrong with my health. “No,” I responded, confused. “I’m doing better than ever.”
Alcoholism: The Wreckage In Its Wake
Posted on: December 18th, 2011
In Print → From the PaperDaily newspapers in Israel have recently included an uptick in drunk driving related articles, invariably detailing the horrific carnage left in their wake.
Posted on: December 8th, 2011
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriWelcome once again to “You’re Asking Me?” It’s pretty much like your typical ask the expert column, with one minor difference (if you want to get technical): I’m not an expert on anything. Just ask my wife.
Gloria Schreiber: Working Below The Radar
Posted on: December 7th, 2011
In Print → From the PaperAs the members of the I.D.F. lined up for the daily flag raising ceremony held on the Tel Hashomer Army Base outside of Tel Aviv, Gloria Schreiber approached the flagpole with a mixture of pride and awe. Standing at attention, dressed in fatigues, she grasped the rope, pulled gently and watched the white and blue flag slowly ascend.
80 Hours On The Ground: Parshat Chayei Sarah In Chevron
Posted on: December 5th, 2011
In Print → From the PaperThis past week was Parshat Chayei Sarah and I had the good fortune of being in Chevron for Shabbat. I was in Israel for only three days (approximately 80 hours) and was asked many times, “You’ve come to Israel for such a short stay?” Let me explain.
Posted on: December 4th, 2011
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriPresumably, almost all the readers of this publication are Orthodox Jews – those that pride themselves on serving G-d through fulfilling His commandments. Keeping in mind the rabbinical edict, "A mitzvah that comes your way—don't miss it!" (Rashi, Bavli Megillah 6b), it would behoove the readers to know that an oft-missed mitzvah has come their way.
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Posted on: November 25th, 2011
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriWant to improve your marriage? Brush up on the parsha? Find a good recipe for kugel? Listen to a bedtime story? Hear a great song? Don’t adjust your dial; it’s all in one place - KosherTube.com
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Posted on: November 16th, 2011
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriThis wasn’t supposed to happen, especially not to me. I could give you all the stats: my great-grandfather learned in Radin with the Chofetz Chaim, my grandfathers learned in Slobodka and Novardik, and my father has smicha from Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. Outside of the brief fantasy (which lasted a lot longer than I care to admit) that I would be the star player who takes the Chicago Bears to the Superbowl, I always saw myself in yeshiva. It is what I had always planned to do, and I never really contemplated anything else
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Sections → Magazine → PotpourriWhen my big sister was in fifth grade, she came home one day with a new trick. “You take a paper,” she demonstrated, “and you fold it back and forth, like a fan.” She expertly turned and folded, then pinched and held the “fan” in the middle to form a sort of bow.
Posted on: November 12th, 2011
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriWelcome to “You’re Asking Me?” where we answer any and all questions -- not necessarily in the hopes that we can make your issues go away by waving a newspaper at them, but more in the hopes that if we make enough jokes, you’ll forget what your problem was, unless you reread the beginning of the article, where we helpfully put your problems in bold face.
Interview With Gittela Welcher
Posted on: November 2nd, 2011
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriAs any graduate student can attest, time is limited. In between writing papers, doing readings for classes, attending seminars, and spending time with family, it’s often difficult to have time for other activities.
Found: Long-Lost Holocaust Hero
Posted on: October 18th, 2011
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriHow does an American Jew go about finding the Ukrainian non-Jew who, 65 years ago, saved his mother's life by hiding her in his hayloft for three years?
You Are Your Child’s Best Advocate
Posted on: October 9th, 2011
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWhen you have a child with special needs, whether it be medical or developmental, you are very familiar with signing those lengthy privacy practice information sheets. At some point we don't even bother reading them because we know that once you have a child with special needs, nothing is ever private. Every professional has an opinion. Still, the ultimate decision is up to you.
You Are Your Child’s Best Advocate
Posted on: October 9th, 2011
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWhen you have a child with special needs, whether it be medical or developmental, you are very familiar with signing those lengthy privacy practice information sheets. At some point we don't even bother reading them because we know that once you have a child with special needs, nothing is ever private. Every professional has an opinion. Still, the ultimate decision is up to you.
You Are Your Child’s Best Advocate
Posted on: October 9th, 2011
Sections → Magazine → ArchivesWhen you have a child with special needs, whether it be medical or developmental, you are very familiar with signing those lengthy privacy practice information sheets. At some point we don't even bother reading them because we know that once you have a child with special needs, nothing is ever private. Every professional has an opinion. Still, the ultimate decision is up to you.
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